Sam Broner

A reflection on 2025: achievements, challenges, and gratitude

How stablecoins will help banks move beyond old core ledger systems

Instead of asking what someone likes about their job, ask about their day-to-day reality and what success looks like in their industry.

Items I recommend frequently in home, tech, travel, and software.

A framework for making tough career decisions and a tactical approach to becoming an expert in any niche

Why agents need a portable, neutral identity primitive ('passport')

A framework for how stablecoins evolve from a payments tool into 'money' (liquidity, sovereignty, credit)

A timeline and synthesis of the spring 2025 wave of stablecoin announcements and why they mattered

A dashboard with the weather forecast and top headlines is an easy, but useful little project.

A deeper dive than you needed into how I create systems and measure goals

Businesses that are harmed by the today's payment options will adopt stablecoins, disrupting the payments industry

Malleable software is here, but do people want to build their own software?

Understanding the richness and limitations of the stablecoin design space through the history of banking: what worked, what didn’t, and why

Career advice for those considering engineering, product, or venture roles.

Thoughts on moving back home and the beginning my next chapter

The strategic chioces behind the worlds most used software

A simple dashboard with the weather forecast and top headlines is an easy, but useful little project.

Rebuilding the Fluid Framework Hello World with the Snowpack build tool

The considerations that go into building a static web app.

How I help the Superkids Foundation manage its finances with Google Sheets, Twilio, and Whatsapp.

Making art with paint, tempered glass, and a hammer.

First post on this blog.